Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 305
eck,to the monster thirteen-inch that is mountedin the steel-armored turrets of a battle-ship, sothat Uncle Sam may know that they are safe,and will not burst and so endanger the livesof his officers and sailors, as well as fail in thesupreme moment of battle, when they arecalled upon to defend the… … THE PROJECTILES FOR I3-INCH RIFLES ARE TWO THIRDS AS TALL AS A MAN, and armored cruisers, are sent to the NavalProving Ground at Indian Head, on the beau-tiful Potomac River, to be tested and proved. In 1894 the first thirteen-inch rifle was firedat Indian Head. This gun was the largest everbuilt…
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